Estonian Palindrome Squares

Imaginative reading: Sisel kept lounging in the fathers’ shed

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Sisel: Invented name
• Isade: Of the fathers
  • Genitive plural of isa, “father”; possessive modifier of saras
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• Saras: In the shed
  • Inessive singular of sara, “shed”
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• Edasi: Further/continuing/still
  • Adverb expressing continuation
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• Lesis: Lounged/rested
  • Third-person singular simple past of lesima, “to lie, rest, lounge”
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Imaginative reading: On stones of the fathers, needing further spread

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• Kivel: On stones
  • Plural adessive form of kivi, "stone"
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• Isade: Of the fathers (see prior detail)
• Vajav: Needing/requiring
  • Active present participle of vajama, “to need/require”
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• Edasi: Further/continuing/still (see prior detail)
• Levik: Spread/distribution
  • Nominative singular noun
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Imaginative reading: Bisel is still lounging in the fathers’ shed

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Bisel: Invented name
• Isade: Of the fathers (see prior detail)
• Saras: In the shed (see prior detail)
• Edasi: Further/continuing/still (see prior detail)
• Lesib: Lies/lounges
  • Third-person singular affirmative active indicative present of lesima, “to lie, rest, lounge”
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Imaginative reading: An absorber added a drive in the shed, on threshed straw

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• Lisas: Added
  • Third-person singular affirmative active indicative simple past of lisama, “to add”
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• Imaja: Absorber
  • Nominative singular agent noun from imama, “to absorb”
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• Saras: In the shed (see prior detail)
• Ajami: A drive
  • Genitive singular of ajam, “drive/mechanical drive system”
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• Sasil: On threshed straw/chaff
  • Adessive singular of sasi, “threshed or machine-threshed straw/chaff; a tangled mass”
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Imaginative reading: Eniet, another church was mourning a sect

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• Itkes: Wept/lamented/mourned
  • Third-person singular affirmative active indicative simple past of itkema, “to weep, lament, mourn”
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• Teine: Another/the other
  • Nominative singular of teine
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• Kirik: Church
  • Nominative singular
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• Eniet: Invented name
• Sekti: A sect
  • Partitive singular of sekt, “sect”
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Imaginative reading: What had been begged for melted as a lamb on a flat cap in a grove

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• Sulas: Melted
  • Third-person singular affirmative active indicative simple past of sulama, “to melt”
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• Utuna: As a lamb/sheep
  • Essive singular of utu, a children’s-language noun meaning “lamb” or “sheep”
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• Ludul: On a flat thing/cap
  • Adessive singular of substantivized ludu, something low/flat
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• Anutu: What had been begged for
  • Deverbal noun associated with anuma, “to beg/implore”
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• Salus: In a grove
  • Inessive singular of salu, “grove, small stand of trees”
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Imaginative reading: In a grove, Agudu melted on a lock in foggy weather

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Salus: In a grove (see prior detail)
• Agudu: Invented name
• Lukul: On a lock
  • Adessive singular of lukk, “lock”
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• Uduga: With fog
  • Comitative singular of udu, “fog”
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• Sulas: Melted (see prior detail)

Imaginative reading: An absorber darting about on the table, selecting a drive

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Vilav: Darting/moving rapidly
  • Active present participle of vilama, “to move quickly or restlessly about”
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• Imaja: Absorber (see prior detail)
• Laual: On the table
  • Adessive singular of laud, “table”
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• Ajami: A drive (see prior detail)
• Valiv: Choosing/selecting
  • Active present participle of valima, “to choose/select”
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Imaginative reading: Amid the dung, Skudu was squeezing slippers into mist

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Essus: In excrement/dung
  • Inessive singular of ess, a euphemism for “excrement, dung”
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• Skudu: Invented name
• Surus: Pressed/squeezed
  • Third-person singular affirmative active indicative simple past of suruma, “to press, squeeze, push”
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• Uduks: Into mist
  • Translative singular of udu, “fog/mist”
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• Susse: Slippers
  • Partitive plural of suss, “slipper”
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